Coding to be officially included in Malaysian school curriculum
Coding will be officially added to the syllabuses of national schools starting next year, according to Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation CEO Datuk Yasmin Mahmood. She said computer coding will not only be taught as part of a computer science subject, but will also be incorporated into the pedagogy of teaching, especially in science and maths classes.
“We will be launching this thing called the digital maker movement next month, where coding is embedded as an official curriculum in schools, starting from standard three onward,” she told a forum organized by Google Malaysia.
The movement, she explained, is an initiative to encourage school-going youth to participate as makers of technology instead of just users. The Malay Mail Online